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The pointed pattern is a sort of partial albinism, ensuing from a mutation in tyrosinase, an enzyme involved in melanin production. The mutated tyrosinase enzyme is warmth-sensitive; it fails to work at standard human body temperatures but becomes Energetic in cooler (< 33 °C) regions of the skin.[16] The heat-delicate enzyme ends in a dim colour